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Monday, March 26, 2018

This is one of the easiest meals I've prepared lately. The chicken came out moist, tender, and delicious. The best part is that you only need one ingredient for the chicken.

I'm always trying new things when it comes to cooking and happened to have a bottle of VH Chicken and Ginger stir-fry sauce in my refrigerator. I thought to myself that this might be good and went ahead and made it. Was I ever glad that I did. I served the chicken over a bed of rice and made a Greek salad.

Ingredients

4 chicken breasts

1/4 - 1/2 a bottle of VH Orange and Ginger Stir-Fry sauce

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.

Spray an oven safe dish with cooking spray.

Place the chicken breasts in the dish and pour the VH sauce over the breasts.

Saturday, December 16, 2017

When it comes to lasagna at our house my family always enjoys homemade over store bought or restaurant food. With the following recipe you can opt to change up the meat or make it without meat. Cottage cheese can be used instead of ricotta cheese.

Ingredients

1 pound of lean ground beef fried and drained

1 tbs of canola oil

2 medium onions chopped

3-4 garlic cloves sliced very thin

1 can of crushed tomatoes

1 can of tomato sauce

1 1/2 Tbs. of Italian seasoning

fresh ground pepper to taste

salt to taste

1 container of Ricotta cheese

3/4 of a cup of Parmesan cheese grated

2 eggs

1 pound of Mozzarella cheese

oven ready lasagna noodles

cooking oil spray

Instructions

Early in the day I make my lasagna sauce starting by frying and draining the lean ground beef.

Next saute the chopped onions and sliced garlic cloves in a tablespoon of canola oil.

Saturday, October 14, 2017

One of the best purchases I've ever made was the Pampered Chef Pizza Stone. I had been invited to a Pampered Chef home party back in 1998 I believe, if memory serves me correctly. After listening to and watching demonstrations on various products I knew I had to have this rectangular stone.

Mine has lasted for years and is still going strong. At the time I felt a little guilty for spending money, as we were about to buy our first home. I think my husband thought I'd lost my marbles when my stone arrived, by the look on his face. It's funny now when I think back to that time years ago as he uses the stone just as much as I do.

Not only for Pizza.

When I make prepackaged frozen fish I always grab the stone. The reason being is that I can pop it into the oven for the required bake time and not worry about having to flip or turn the fish over at the half way point. I discovered this one time when I'd forgotten to turn the fish over.

The stone is great for heating and cooking appetizers and h'orderves.

We love nachos at our house and quite often if we're making a small batch for two us the stone is perfect.

Breads baked on the stone give the bread a nice crisp crust.

Easy to Clean

Once the stone has cooled off simply run it under hot water and wipe clean. The stone I bought came with a little square scraper which works great for getting off any baked on food such as cheese.

Thursday, September 28, 2017

I like mine with lettuce and tomato, Heinz 57 and French fried potatoes. Does that song get your mouth watering for a big juicy hamburger? For me every time I hear this Jimmy Buffet song I long to run out to Burger King, Wendy’s or McDonalds. But then I think no it is just not the healthy choice.

The Healthier Choice

Hamburgers fried or barbecued are good, but lately the best way I like them cooked is Foremanized. You may be wondering what the heck foremanized is. Cooking on a George Foreman Grill of course. With this method of cooking I get to eat a hamburger, do not have to worry as much about the fat content, therefore feeling less guilty about eating a burger, and I can see all that grease escape and collect in the handy dandy grease catchers under the grill.

Best Things About Using This Grill

The taste is great.

Food cooks faster than in the frying pan or on the barbecue.

I can use it all year round right on the kitchen counter.

No more treading through the snow in the winter to brush off the barbecue.

Cook Time

Prep time: 10 min

Cook time: 8 min

Ready in: 18 min

Yields: Serves 4 people

Not Just For Hamburgers

I use my George Foreman grill quite a bit for other foods as well. Steaks, pork chops, lamb chops, shrimp and vegetables. The list is endless to what you can make on these grills.

One of my favorite things to cook on this grill would be vegetables.

Grilled Vegetables Ingredients

1 large onion sliced thick

1 large green pepper cut in chunks

1 large red pepper cut in chunks

6 mushrooms sliced thick

1 zucchini sliced thick

2 or 3 garlic cloves chopped

1 tablespoon of olive oil

Slap Ya Mama or any type of seasoning you prefer

Instructions

Mix all ingredients in a bowl making sure everything is covered with the oil.

Heat your grill, then place contents of the bowl on the grill and close and cook for about 6-8 minutes.

I use my grill so often that I have taped on the inside of one of my kitchen cabinet door a chart, like the one shown here. One day while my step-sister was visiting she saw the chart taped there and said to me "Who's George, is that the person you bought the house from". My reply was no just me being organised, it's for my George Foreman grill.

Cooking Chart

FOOD COOKED AT 360F DEGREES

WEIGHT

TIME

Burgers 3/4" Thick

4 ounces

8 minutes

Burgers 1" Thick

8 ounces

10 minutes

Frozen Burgers 3/4" Thick

4 ounces

12 minutes

Frozen Burgers 1" Thick`

8 ounces

15 minutes

Chicken Breast

Boneless

9 minutes

Chicken Breast

With Bone

23 minutes

Frozen Chicken Breast

Boneless

13 minutes

Sausages 1/2" Thick

7 minutes

400 DegreesF

Fahita Beef

Sliced Thin

2 minutes

T-Bone Steak 3/4" Thick

12 ounces

4 - 5 minutes

You can find many of these charts online or in the booklet that comes with the grill

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I am an author, freelance writer, published poet and short story writer, I live with my husband, one of my three sons and my Newfoundland Dog. My passions are writing and cooking. If you would like to see some of my work please go to HubPages. I published my first book New In Town, which is available on Amazon. I currently have 2 children's poetry/story books available on Amazon with one more in the works